Books in the Dictionary Series series

An authoritative reference work, the Macmillan Dictionary of Anthropology covers the entire range of scholarship in this field, from the early ethnographers to the most recent research.

This revised and enlarged edition covers the latest developments in advanced energy technology and in the derivation and application of synthetic fuels. Energy studies, fuel technology, engineering, ecology and economics are among the disciplines whose approach to the topic are included.

The new entries include women who have hit the headlines in the past five years - from Cory Aquino to Madonna - but the historical coverage has also been broadened in response to new research and a special new feature is the extended treatment of women from Third World countries.

A one-volume dictionary of religion based on concepts drawn partly from the various religious traditions and partly from the historical and reflective study of religion as a modern academic discipline.